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2009
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July 15 Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship–The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the John Carter Brown Library are pleased to announce a new research and writing fellowship, the Hodson Trust-John Carter Brown Fellowship. This creative collaboration supports work by academics, independent scholars and writers working on significant projects relating to the literature, history, culture, or art of the Americas before 1830. The fellowship is also open to filmmakers, novelists, creative and performing artists, and others working on projects that draw on this period of history. The fellowship award supports two months of research (in Providence, R.I.) and two months of writing (at Washington College in Chestertown, Md). Housing and university privileges will be provided. The fellowship includes a stipend of $5,000 per month for a total of $20,000. Deadline for applications for the 2010 fellowship year is July 15, 2009. For more information and application instructions, please visit http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/fellows/Hodson-Brown_Fellowship.php.
Web page: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/fellows/Hodson-Brown_Fellowship.php
July 15 Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) 2009 Biennial Awards Competition–The Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH), an interdisciplinary society of scholars and planning practitioners, announces its biennial awards competition. The awards will be presented at SACRPH's National Conference on Planning History, to be held in Oakland, California October 15-18, 2009. For more information on the conference and the organization, visit our web site: http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/sacrph/index.html. Awards will be given in four categories: Service Awards; Publication Prizes (for work published between August 2007 and July 2009); Paper Prizes (for papers accepted for presentation at the 13th National Conference on Planning History); Student Travel Awards. Detailed information about the awards can be found at: http://www.barnard.edu/urban/sacrph09/prizes.html. The deadline is July 15, 2009.
Web page: http://www.barnard.edu/urban/sacrph09/prizes.html
Contact e-mail: isenberg@history.rutgers.edu
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August 1 Edward S. Miller Research Fellowship in Naval History–The Naval War College Foundation intends to award one grant of $1,000 to the researcher with the greatest need and can make the optimum use of the research materials for naval history located in the Naval War College's Archives, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College Museum, and Henry E. Eccles Library. Further information on the manuscript and archival collections and copies of the registers for specific collections are available on request from the head, Naval Historical Collection. E-mail: evelyn.cherpak@usnwc.edu. The recipient will be a research fellow in the Naval War Colleges Maritime History Department, which will provide administrative support during the research visit. Submit detailed research proposal that includes a full statement of financial need and comprehensive research plan for optimal use of Naval War College materials, c.v., at least two letters of recommendation, and relevant background information by August 1, 2009, to Miller Naval History Fellowship Committee, Naval War College Foundation, 686 Cushing Road, Newport, RI 02841-1207. For further information, contact the chair of the selection committee at john.hattendorf@usnwc.edu. Employees of the U.S. Naval War College or any agency of the U.S. Department of Defense are not eligible for consideration; EEO/AA regulations apply.
August 1 Snell Prize in European History of the Southern Historical Association for Graduate Student Papers–This award is given annually to the graduate student with the best seminar research paper in European history. The prize winner will be honored at the annual meeting of the section at Louisville, KY, in November 2009. The award carries a stipend of $150. The Snell Award winner also receives one free year of student membership in the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association. Only resident graduate students in Southern universities and colleges are eligible to compete. (For the purposes of this competition, "Southern" will be defined as extending from Maryland/Delaware to Texas). Please contact Dr. Jeffrey Smith (smithj@nsula.edu) for information regarding the rules of eligibility and submission.
Contact e-mail: smithj@nsula.edu
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September 1—November 2 Clark-Oakley Humanities Fellowship–The Clark-Oakley Humanities Fellowship is awarded annually to a broadly trained scholar working on the cultural significance of the visual, broadly construed. This academic year appointment pays up to $65,000 (depending on the awardee's salary replacement needs and sabbatical support) as well as moving costs and housing. It is open to national and international scholars, critics, and museum professionals. Applications are invited from scholars with a Ph.D. or equivalent professional experience in universities, museums, and related institutions. Because of the highly competitive nature of the fellowship competition, we do not normally award fellowships to scholars whose dissertations are only recently completed. For full fellowship guidelines and an application form, as well as further information, please visit clarkart.edu/research or williams.edu/resources/oakley/fellowships.htm. The application deadline for fellowships awarded for the 20102011 year is November 2, 2009.
Web page: http://www.williams.edu/resources/oakley/clarkoakley.htm
Contact e-mail: rlane@williams.edu
September 4 ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship–The Folger Institute, a center for advanced study and research in the humanities, is sponsored by the Folger Shakespeare Library, which houses one of the world's finest collections of Renaissance books, and by a consortium of universities. In collaboration with the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS), the institute awards an annual ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship of $2,000 to an ABD graduate student or a postdoctoral scholar conducting research in the period 1660 to 1815. The application deadline for this fellowship falls on the institute's September application deadline, and applicants must be ASECS members in good standing. Preference is given to scholars concurrently applying to institute programs. For more information and instructions on how to apply see the ASECS/Folger Institute Fellowship page.
Web page: http://folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1348
September 30 Partners in Scholarship Grants Program–Thanks to funding from the Ford Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation will be launching Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants to support collaborative projects between African American Historic Places and college/university scholars. This year, four grants of $15,000 each (no match required) will be awarded in fall 2009 to projects that help sustain current or attract new audiences at historic sites or enhance the interpretation of challenging topics at historic sites. Eligible projects include: improving public access to African American historical and cultural resources at historic places; strengthening teaching and education at colleges and universities through historic places; promoting research and original scholarship of a significant theme related to African American history and culture to support joint public programs; providing opportunities for lifelong learning through a collaborative program; strengthening each institutions humanities programming in order to preserve, enhance, or enjoy significant African American historic places. Guidelines for the Partnership-in-Scholarship Grants are available online or through the NTHP Regional Office near you. National Trust Historic Sites and elementary and secondary schools are not eligible to apply. Deadlines for applications is September 30, 2009; applications will be available in July.
Web page: http://historicsites.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/aahpi-partnership-grant-guidelines-2009.pdf
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October 15 National Humanities Center Residential Fellowships–The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Fellowships are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the fellow and the centers ability to meet them. The center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for fellows and their dependents. For more information, see the NHCs fellowships page. Deadline for applications is October 15.
Web page: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/index.htm
October 15 National Humanities Center Fellowships–The National Humanities Center offers 40 residential fellowships for advanced study in the humanities during the academic year, September 2010 through May 2011. Applicants must hold doctorate or equivalent scholarly credentials. Young scholars as well as senior scholars are encouraged to apply, but they must have a record of publication, and new PhDs should be aware that the center does not support the revision of a doctoral dissertation. In addition to scholars from all fields of the humanities, the center accepts individuals from the natural and social sciences, the arts, the professions, and public life who are engaged in humanistic projects. The center is also international and gladly accepts applications from scholars outside the United States. Areas of Special Interest. Most of the centers fellowships are unrestricted. Several, however, are designated for particular areas of research. These include environmental studies and history; English literature; art history; French history, literature, or culture; Asian Studies; and theology. Fellowships are individually determined, the amount depending upon the needs of the fellow and the centers ability to meet them. The center seeks to provide at least half salary and also covers travel expenses to and from North Carolina for Fellows and their dependents. Located in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina, near Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh, the center provides an environment for individual research and the exchange of ideas. Its building includes private studies for fellows, conference rooms, a central commons for dining, lounges, reading areas, a reference library, and a fellows workroom. The centers noted library service delivers books and research materials to fellows, and support for information technology and editorial assistance are also provided. The center locates housing for fellows in the neighboring communities. Fellowships are supported by the centers own endowment, private foundation grants, alumni contributions, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Applicants submit the centers form, supported by a c.v., a 1,000-word project proposal, and three letters of recommendation. You may request application material from Fellowship Program, National Humanities Center, P.O. Box 12256, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2256, or obtain the form and instructions from the centers web site. Applications and letters of recommendation must be postmarked by October 15, 2009. E-mail: nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org. The National Humanities Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, handicap, sexual orientation, or age.
Web page: http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org
Contact e-mail: nhc@nationalhumanitiescenter.org
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November 1 Opportunities for Scholars, Institute for Advanced Study–The Institute for Advanced Study is a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars of all nationalities are offered membership for up to a year and a stipend. Extensive resources are provided including offices, libraries, restaurant and housing facilities and support services. The School of Historical Studies' principal interests are the history of western, near eastern and Asian civilizations, Greek and Roman civilization, history of Europe (medieval, early modern, and modern), the Islamic world, East Asia, history of art, science, philosophy, modern international relations, and music. Residence in Princeton is required. Members' only other obligation is to pursue their own research. Eligibility requirements: a PhD and substantial publications. Further information is on the school's web site, www.hs.ias.edu, or contact the administrative officer at mzelazny@ias.edu. Deadline: November 1 2009.
Web page: http://www.hs.ias.edu/hsannoun.htm
Contact e-mail: mzelazny@ias.edu
November 1 National Endowment for the Humanities/ARIT Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2010-11–ARIT/NEH Advanced Fellowships cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history for applicants who have completed their academic training. The fellowships may be held for terms ranging from four months to a full year. Stipends range from $16,800 to $50,400.
Web page: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/index.html
Contact e-mail: leinwand@sas.upenn.edu
November 1 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2010-11 –ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Postdoctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may be held for various terms, from two to three months up to terms of a year. Stipends range from $4,000 to $16,000.
Web page: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/ARIT/index.html
Contact e-mail: leinwand@sas.upenn.edu
November 2 Institute for Political History Travel Grants–The Institute for Political History, a non-profit foundation, offers two travel grants in conjunction with the 2010 Policy History Conference to assist doctoral candidates and untenured faculty conducting archival research. The Hugh Davis Graham Award in the amount of up to $2,000 is awarded for research in 20th-century American political/policy history and American political development. The Thomas Critchlow Award in the amount of up to $1,000 is awarded for research in pre-20th-century American political/policy history and American political development. We are currently accepting applications. Deadline for application submission is November 2, 2009. Winners of the travel grants will be announced at the 2010 Policy History Conference, to be held June 3-6, 2010 at the Hyatt on Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio. For more information on application submission guidelines or the Institute for Political History, please visit our website or contact the grant coordinator.
Web page: http://www.politicalhistory.org
Contact e-mail: grahamaward@gmail.com
November 10 Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowship–Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellowship 201011. "Converts and Conversion to and from Judiasm." During this year of research we propose to examine phenomena of conversion from antiquity to the present in order to understand how social groups identify themselvestesting long-standing historiographical assumptions about communal and conceptual boundary-crossings. Conversion forces both the convert and the religion to define their outermost boundaries and formalize criteria for membership and exclusion. The act of conversion is at the same time a ritualized, often public, transformation not only one of interior religious and psychological consciousness, but of cultural and social affiliation. For the history of Judaism, conversion is doubly freightedit can mark a break with ones birth community, but it has often also marked the impossibility of such a break. Examples of this ambivalence are legion. What then does it mean to be fully Christian, fully Muslim, or fully Jewish? Are these categories essential and stable, or are they themselves transformed or redefined by conversion? How do Muslim or Christian understandings of conversion compare to or illuminate the Jewish experience? We hope to bring several arenas of inquiry and debate into a single conversation so that methodological, social scientific, and historical studies may be mutually instructive, enriching our broader understanding, not only of Jews in their world but of the religious experience itself. Project proposals could address such questions as: How do formal vs. informal models of affiliation to Judaism help to explicate conversion phenomena? How have Jews sought converts to their faith both from among non-Jews and Jews? What roles have autobiographies played as conversion narratives to and from Judaism since medieval times? How has conversion changed the content of Judaic scholarship, for example in the work of Christian Hebraists who were born Jewish? How have the experiences of conversos differed from those of other converts with respect to historical circumstances, population size, duration, and repercussions? Can a nation, culture, or art form become Jewish ? How does ethnicity complicate a Jewish conceptualization of conversion? In the modern world, does the move of secular Jews to religious life, or the experience of leaving the culture of orthodoxy for the secular world, constitute conversion? The Katz Center invites applications from scholars in the humanities and social sciences at all levels, as well as outstanding graduate students in the final stage of writing their dissertations. Stipend amounts are based on a fellows academic standing and financial need with a maximum of $40,000 for the academic year. The application deadline is November 10, 2009. Awards will be announced by February 1, 2010. Applications are available on our web site: www.cajs.upenn.edu. For questions contact Sheila Allen, e-mail: allenshe@sas.upenn.edu.
Web page: http://www.cajs.upenn.edu
Contact e-mail: allenshe@sas.upenn.edu
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December 1 American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies Fellowships–The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies offers fellowships for research in Sri Lanka. Applicants must be US citizens and hold a PhD before taking up the fellowship. Proposals in all fields of the humanities and social sciences are welcome. These fellowships are intended both for specialists and for scholars with no previous experience in Sri Lanka. The application deadline is December 1, 2009. Detailed information is available on the AISLS web site: http://www.aisls.org
Web page: http://www.aisls.org
December 1 Bowling Green Prize in Policy History–The Graduate Program in Policy History at Bowling Green State University, in association with the Institute for Political History, is currently accepting nominations for the Bowling Green Book Prize in International or Comparative Policy History, awarded for the best book published in a two year period. Nominations can be made directly by publishers or by individuals. The deadline for entries is December 1, 2009. The prize carries an honorarium of $1000 and an invitation to speak at Bowling Green State University. The prizewinner will be announced at the biennial Policy History Conference to be held in Columbus, Ohio from June 3-6, 2010. For more information on the Book Prize and for nomination guidelines, please visit the website posted below. General inquiries should be directed to history@bgsu.edu.
Web page: http://www.slu.edu/departments/jph/2010%20bowling%20green%20prize.htm
Contact e-mail: history@bgsu.edu
2010
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February 1 Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize–The American Journalism Historians Associaion (AJHA) Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize, given for the first time in 1997, is awarded annually for the best doctoral dissertation dealing with mass communication history. An honorarium of $500 accompanies the prize, and a $200 honorarium is awarded to each honorable mention. Eligible works shall include both quantitative and qualitative historical dissertations, written in English, which have been completed between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009. For the purposes of this award, a "completed" work is defined as one which has not only been submitted and defended but also revised and filed in final form at the applicable doctoral-degree-granting university by December 31, 2009. To be considered, nomination packets must include: (a.) one copy of the complete dissertation; (b.) four copies each of the following items, with all author, school, and dissertation committee identification of any kind whited-out: (i.) a single chapter from the dissertation [preferably not to exceed 50 manuscript pages, not including notes, charts or photographs], (ii.) a 200-word dissertation abstract, (iii.) the dissertation table of contents; (c.) a letter of nomination from the dissertation chair/director or the chair of the university department in which the dissertation was written; and (d.) a cover letter from the nominee indicating a willingness, should the dissertation be selected for a prize, both to attend the awarding ceremony and to deliver a public presentation based on the dissertation at the 2010 American Journalism Historians Association Annual Convention, October 6-10, 2010, in Tucson, Arizona. Regarding paragraph (b.)(i.) above, as a guide to selecting a chapter for submission, the award committee has in the past expressed a preference for a chapter which, if possible, highlights the work's strengths as a piece of primary-sourced original research. Nominations, along with all the supporting materials, should be sent to Prof. David Abrahamson, Chair, AJHA Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize Committee, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, 1845 Sheridan Rd., Evanston, IL 60208. The deadline for entries is a postmark date of February 1, 2010.
February 15 Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship–The C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience invites applications for the Patrick Henry Writing Fellowship, which supports outstanding writing on American history and culture by both scholars and nonacademic authors. This full-time residential fellowship includes a $45,000 stipend, health benefits, faculty privileges, a book allowance, and a nine-month residency (during the academic year 2010-11) in a restored circa-1735 house in historic Chestertown, Md. Prospective recipients of the Patrick Henry Fellowship should have a significant book-length project currently in progress. The project should address the history and/or legacy broadly defined of the American Revolution and the nations founding ideas. It might focus on the founding era itself, or on the myriad ways the questions that preoccupied the framers have shaped the nations development between the 18th century and the present. Work that contributes to ongoing national conversations about Americas past and present, with the potential to reach a wide public, is particularly sought. Applications from writers and historians at any stage in their careers are welcome. Dissertation projects will not be considered; first book projects are likewise discouraged, unless the applicant has an otherwise extensive publication history. Candidates who have completed the majority of their research and are focused on the writing phase of their projects are especially encouraged to apply. Deadline for applications is February 15, 2010. For more information and application instructions, visit the Starr Centers fellowships page at http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/fellows/index.php.
Web page: http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/fellows/index.php
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March 1 Ulysses S. Grant Association Scholars Research Program–The Scholars Research Program, funded by the Ulysses S. Grant Association, provides up to five grants of $500 each to qualified scholars for on-campus research in the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Papers Collection, located at Mississippi State University. The collection is housed in the Congressional and Political Research Center of the universitys Mitchell Memorial Library. Mainly consisting of photocopies and typescripts of Grant correspondence, it was accumulated by the Ulysses S. Grant Association for the preparation of the 31 volumes, Papers of Ulysses S. Grant. The collection is the largest concentration of Grant items anywhere, and only a percentage of the collection appears in the published volumes. Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars are especially encouraged to apply, although applications from all scholars in 19th-century American history will be considered. Successful applications will be chosen by a three-judge panel. Applications must be received by March 1, and research visits must take place during the calendar year. Awards will be announced on April 7, the anniversary of Grants birth, and research visits must be within that calendar year. The grant funds must be used for travel, lodging, meals, photocopying and other expenses directly connected to the recipients research-related expenses in the Grant Collection. Recipients must supply expense receipts before receiving reimbursement from the association. Researchers are limited to one grant award every three years. Priorities will be given to those applicants who have not previously received awards. The following must be included in the research proposal: description of the proposal, not to exceed 500 words; personal vita; how the applicant thinks the Grant papers will contribute to the proposed subject; budget proposal; for graduate students, one letter of reference from an established scholar in the specific area of the proposed topic which endorses the significance of the research. The application guidelines and a description of the collection are available on the U.S. Grant Association/U.S. Grant Presidential Papers Collection web site. The web address is http://library.msstate.edu/USGrant/. Applicants who have questions about the program may contact staff listed on the web site. The three-judge panel includes: John F. Marszalek, executive director and managing editor; Michael B. Ballard, associate editor; James A. Bultema, officer and member of Board of Directors.
Web page: http://library.msstate.edu/USGrant/
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